Design of Autonomous Gel Actuators

作者：Maeda Shingo^*; Hara Yusuke; Nakamaru Satoshi; Hashimoto Shuji

来源：Polymers, 2011, 3(1): 299-313.

DOI：10.3390/polym3010299

• gel
• gel actuator
• chemical robot

In this paper, we introduce autonomous gel actuators driven by chemical energy. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic chemical reaction networks. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gels generate periodical motion. The periodic motion of the gel is produced by the chemical energy of the oscillatory Belouzov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. We have succeeded in making synthetic polymer gel move autonomously like a living organism. This experimental fact represents the great possibility of the chemical robot.

• 出版日期2011-3